“This is my humble gift to women, a day after the world celebrated the International Women’s Day,” said Labor Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, according to NDTV.

The new provisions only apply to a woman’s first two children. After that, the benefit is 12 weeks. They also only apply to women working in what is considered the organized sector of India’s economy, which accounts for about 10 percent of the country’s workers.

The government is already providing 26 weeks to its employees, according to NDTV.

A 2016 study by the Pew Research Center found that the United States was one of 41 developed countries that did not provide any paid parental leave mandated by the federal government. The U.S. is one of a handful of the 193 countries in the United Nations that does not offer paid paternal leave, NPR reported in 2016. The U.S. is joined by New Guinea, Suriname and a few South Pacific island nations.

“We urgently need to catch up in the United States. For a high-income country, we have some of the worst outcomes for our infants. We have some of the highest rates of infant mortality. We have huge health inequalities,” Jody Heymann, founding director of the World Policy Analysis Center at UCLA, told NPR.

Some states, including California, New Jersey and Rhode Island, have state-mandated paid-leave plans, according to Pew.

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More than 150 moms met at Union Station on Friday, Aug. 6, 2016, to promote World Breastfeeding Week. The free event included a large group photo and individual photos of moms with their babies. " It's taking a stance on normalizing breastfeeding," said Tiffany Schmidt, owner of T.Marie Photography, who specializes in maternity, birth and newborn photos. "Breastfeeding is not glamorous. It's hard work and it's neat to have proof of your nursing journey. It's a selfless act. (Video by Fernando Salazar/The Wichita Eagle)

More than 150 moms met at Union Station on Friday, Aug. 6, 2016, to promote World Breastfeeding Week. The free event included a large group photo and individual photos of moms with their babies. " It's taking a stance on normalizing breastfeeding," said T